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This week in Edwards history

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ALS Class 17E graduates, returns to workforce with new tools

Airman Leadership School Class 17E pose for a group photo following their graduation ceremony at Club Muroc June 22. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jennifer Correa)

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Test team looks at new parachute for ACES II ejection seat

A dummy attached to a GR7000 parachute is recovered following a test drop at the ROWE drop zone south of Edwards Air Force Base. Members of the 418th Flight Test Squadron are testing a new parachute canopy for the Advanced Concept Ejection Seat II, or ACES II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

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Test team looks at new parachute for ACES II ejection seat

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Test team looks at new parachute for ACES II ejection seat

A GR7000 parachute along with dummy descends over a drop zone near Edwards Air Force Base. A team from the 418th Flight Test Squadron conducted several drops using the parachute, which has been proposed as a replacement for the current C-9 canopy used in the ACES II ejection seat. (U.S. Air Force image provided by Brad White)

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Test team looks at new parachute for ACES II ejection seat

Members of the 418th Flight Test Squadron recover a crosswind deployment cylindrical test vehicle, which was used to test a GR7000 parachute last month. Dummies and live personnel were also used to test the parachute, which is proposed as a replacement for the current C-9 canopy currently used on ACES II ejection seats. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

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Test team looks at new parachute for ACES II ejection seat

Some of the members of the 418th Flight Test Squadron pose in front of the Skydive Perris Skyvan aircraft used in testing of the GR7000 parachute along with a crosswind deployment cylindrical test vehicle (foreground) that was also used. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ethan Wagner)

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Raptor 132

An F-22 Raptor assigned to the 411th Flight Test Squadron maneuvers over the Mojave Desert during a test mission. The 411th Flight Test Squadron’s quick integration of MGRS interface software enabled the Raptor to effectively engage ISIS targets in Syria. (Photo by Chad Bellay/Lockheed Martin)

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KC-46 Pegasus undergoes testing in BAF

A Boeing KC-46 Pegasus is loaded on the rotating platform at the Benefield Anechoic Facility for a series of avionics tests at Edwards Air Force Base May 5. The anechoic facility provides a controlled electromagnetic environment and is shielded against radio frequency interference. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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KC-46 Pegasus undergoes testing in BAF

A KC-46A Pegasus is moved into the Benefield Anechoic Facility May 5. The BAF at Edwards is the largest anechoic chamber in the world and can fit most aircraft inside. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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KC-46 Pegasus undergoes testing in BAF

The BAF, operated by the 772nd Test Squadron, is the largest anechoic chamber in the world and can fit most aircraft inside. It provides a free space so electronic warfare tests can be conducted without radio frequency interference from the outside world. The chamber is filled with polyurethane and polyethylene pyramids designed to stop reflections of electromagnetic waves. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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Members of 419th FLTS, 912th AMS thanked for AFMC commander visit

Brig. Gen. Carl E. Schaefer (second from left), 412th Test Wing commander, poses for a group photo after presenting challenge coins to 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron personnel on behalf of Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command. Pawlikowski issued the coins as thanks for efforts undertaken to make her flight possible aboard a B-52 Stratofortress during a sortie earlier in May. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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Members of 419th FLTS, 912th AMS thanked for AFMC commander visit

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Members of 419th FLTS, 912th AMS thanked for AFMC commander visit

Pictured from left to right: Capt. Stephen Gray, Capt. James McDonald, Maj. Josh Strafaccia and Lt. Col. Miles T. Middleton, speak with Brig. Gen. Carl Schaefer (far right), 412th Test Wing commander, after he presented challenge coins on behalf of Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, commander of Air Force Materiel Command. Pawlikowski issued the coins as a thanks for efforts undertaken to make her flight possible aboard a B-52 Stratofortress during a sortie earlier this month. The bomber and crew are from the 419th Flight Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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QF-16s help F-35 JOTT plan for future testing

Three QF-16s from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, and Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, sit on the Edwards AFB flightline April 28. The full-scale aerial targets were requested by the Joint Operational Test Team to assist with test design development for upcoming operational testing of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chris Higgins)

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QF-16s help F-35 JOTT plan for future testing

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416th FLTS working to upgrade F-16 radar

Photo of F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 416th Flight Test Squadron conducting in-flight testing of the APG-83A radar installed onboard one of the jets March 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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416th FLTS working to upgrade F-16 radar

This F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 416th Flight Test Squadron served as a target for another F-16, which was testing the fifth-generation APG-83A radar March 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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416th FLTS working to upgrade F-16 radar

Two F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 416th Flight Test Squadron during a test sortie March 20. (U.S. Air Force photo by Christopher Okula)

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